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Project Background and Need
In December, 2000 the United States Congress established the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. The legislation:- Applies to the entire New York State Canal System, including the 524 miles of navigable waterway still in use today, as well as historic alignments, some no longer readily visible;
- Includes all 234 municipalities linked by the Erie, Champlain, Cayuga-Seneca, and Oswego Canals and Cayuga and Seneca Lakes;
- Recognized the crucial role the canals played in our nation’s growth;
- Affirms a national interest in preserving and interpreting the Corridor’s important historic, cultural, recreational, educational, scenic, and natural resources for the benefit of current and future generations; and
- Created the 27-member Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission, and charged it with developing and implementing a Preservation and Management Plan for the Corridor in concert with federal, state, and local governments and other partners.
Download PDFs:
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act (PL 106-554, Title VIII)
Preservation and Management Plan Summary
Go to our documents page to download the full Preservation and Management Plan
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